Kratos Chat

Carolyne Prevost joins us this week to discuss her background in competitive sport and how she balances everyday life with being a top level athlete. We also delve into body image as well how that shapes young people; and their relationship with training. Carolyne has competed alongside Mike at the Norwegian CrossFit Championship this season and placed 12th at last years CrossFit Games.

Alec Harwood, once again joins us on the podcast to discuss improving your Coachability as an athlete. We delve into the responsibilities that apply to both coaches and athletes. We also talk about the best ways to maximise your results with any coach and what to think about when returning to the gym; post lockdown.

This week we invited to UK Country Manager for CrossFit - Ollie Mansbridge - to join us on the podcast. We discuss the controversy surrounding CrossFit over the last few weeks as well as how CrossFit plans on moving forward and how to the UK is handling it. Ollie is a co-owner for two CrossFit boxes in Bath and is also the founder the U.K. Sanctional, Strength in Depth. We also take a look at how Mike thinks CrossFit could improve the competitive season's structure.

In light of recent events and announcements made by Tribal Clash regarding their future and current situation with funding, Andrew Barker and his partner Heidi joined us on an additional episode of the Kratos Chat podcast - this week. They gave us complete access to their social media inbox to field questions from their customers, and to help drive progressive discussions about how they plan to move forward. This is a fully transparent conversation about their revenue and what has happened over the last few weeks and months.

Phil Hesketh is the programmer for both the Norwegian & Dubai CrossFit Championships and has also seen success in the men's individual division - having gone to the games twice. He drops in to talk about his journey through CrossFit up until this point as well as his motivations for making the switch. We also talk about his thought processes when designing competition workouts and the differences between each sanctional.

This week, Tommy Marquez joins us on the podcast. Tommy is a writer for the Morning Chalk-Up as well as being a former employee at CrossFit HQ as a part of their media team. He also has also commentated for the Games in years past and has been around since it's infancy. We discuss the structure of the Sanctional season, the future of the sport and his thoughts on the Teen's division.

Andrew Barker, the founder of the internationally renowned fitness competition Tribal Clash swings by this week to discuss all things involving "Primal strength" and what it takes to run one of the most innovative fitness competitions on the planet. We also discuss how he's adapted to life as an amputee and the most difficult challenges he's faced as an event organiser during the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Masters Athlete - Kelly Friel - joins Mike and Will on this weeks episode to discuss the Masters Division being dropped by CrossFit at this years games. We also delve into what it's like being a mother as well as a full-time athlete, how she started her journey and reminisce about the early days of the Sport of Fitness.

Zack George drops in this week to discuss how he's handling CrossFit Games decision to cut down the field of athletes to twenty. He also talks about his coping mechanisms for competitions, working on weaknesses, what it's like being a heavier athlete and his career up until now. 

On the very first weekly edition of Kratos Chat, we’re joined by Khan Porter. Khan is a CrossFit Games veteran having been six times. He is also the winner of this years Pandaland CrossFit Championships and a six time regional athlete. We discuss his current training regimen, how to avoid burnout as an athlete as well as his playful nature and pre-competition rituals.

In this edition of Kratos Chat, we are joined by the highest placing British male in CrossFit Games history, Elliot Simmonds. Elliot is a 3 time games athlete and 5 time regional competitor despite being only 26 years old. He talks about the beginning of his CrossFit career, living in the middle east and how he's matured as an athlete since starting his journey. We also discuss dealing with weaknesses and the current structure of the CrossFit season. 

Scott Britton joins us this week as we discuss all things Battle Cancer. Scott founded the charity in 2017 after many of his close friends and loved ones had been affected by the disease. Since then it has raised over £800,000 for cancer charities across the globe, and helped nearly 5,000 athletes. Scott has also competed at several sanctional events and was an elite level powerlifter. We talk about how he founded the charity and how it's impacted the lives of others. And we have the very first edition of 10 in 10!

The big discussion point of today's episode is the future of the CrossFit Games. Once again, we're joined by Alec Harwood and we dissect the potential problems the 2020 Games face and offer our analysis and solutions. Mike and Will also discuss a later announcement surrounding cuts to competitor numbers, who we could see take the competition floor and how it could look at the Ranch.

For the very first episode of Kratos Chat, Alec Harwood drops in to discuss the difficulties of training whilst in quarantine and how to stay motivated. Alec has achieved a podium spot in several Sanctional events this year alongside Mike - as a member of The Athlete Program. He is a seven-time regional athlete and has placed top five in the UK Open four times, as well as being a coach for CrossFit Bath. No equipment? Some equipment? A home gym? All possibilities are covered.